²⁰ “When Yahweh your God enlarges your territory ^(A)as He has promised you, and you say, ‘I will eat meat,’ because ^[a]you desire to eat meat, then you may eat meat, ^[b]whatever you desire. ²¹ If the place where Yahweh your God chooses to set His name is too far away from you, then you may sacrifice of your herd and flock which Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates ^[c]whatever you desire. ²² Just as a gazelle or a deer is eaten, so you will eat it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat of it. ²³ Only be strong in yourselves ^(B)not to eat the blood, for the blood is the ^[d]life, and you shall not eat the ^[e]life with the flesh. ²⁴ You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water. ²⁵ You shall not eat it, so that ^(C)it may be well with you and your sons after you, for ^(D)you will be doing what is right in the sight of Yahweh. ^26 (E)Only your holy things which you may have and your votive offerings, you shall take and go to the place which Yahweh chooses. ²⁷ And ^(F)you shall offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, on the altar of Yahweh your God; and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of Yahweh your God, and ^(G)you shall eat the flesh.

²⁸ “Be careful to listen to all these words which I command you, so that ^(H)it may be well with you and your sons after you forever, for you will be doing what is good and right in the sight of Yahweh your God.